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Case FileNARA NAID 28966015 · T1206 Roll 25

Project Blue Book Case File

Crescent, IowaJune 1956

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Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Crescent, Iowa in June 1956. The full case file (3 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 25.

Reported location

Crescent, Iowa

Date of incident

June 1956

State / country

IA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 28 June 1956
2. LOCATION: Crescent, Iowa
12. CONCLUSIONS: [X] Probably Aircraft

3. DATE/TIME GROUP: Local
GMT 28/1622Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: [X] Ground-Visual

5. PHOTOS: [X] No

6. SOURCE: Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: One minute

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one

9. COURSE: East

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: One object round, size of baseball. Color silver. Fly east.

11. COMMENTS: Probable a/c sighting.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28966015

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Organizations

28TH ADIV GRANDVIEW AFB789TH ACWRON OMAHA NEBRADC ENT AFB COLOATIC WP AFB OHIOCADF GRANDVIEW MOHQ USAF WASH DC

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

CrescentCrescent, IACrescent, IowaIowa

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19561956-06-0128 June 1956

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